Justo perez cagigal



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/NVE N TOI? ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUSTO PEREZ CAGIGAL, OF SAN AUGUSTIN, CUBA.

STAKE-POCKET FO R CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,409, dated March28, 1893.

Application led December 3,1892. Serial No. 453,915.. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

13e it known that LJUsTo PEREZ CAGIGAL, a cltizen of the United States,at present residing in San Augustin, Cuba, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Stake-Pockets for Cars, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in pockets and also in stakes, orrather in the arrangement of stakes for fiat cars.

The object of my invention is to construct the pockets and arrange thestakes of a flat car in such a Way that the car may be convenientlyloaded and unloaded, and the stakes easily fastened and untastened andalso slipped to one side when necessary.

A further object of my invention is to construct the pockets in such away that they may be very cheaply made, and substantially as strong asthe ordinary rigid pockets.

To these ends, my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car provided with my improved pocketsand stakes. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan View of one of the pockets,showing the same applied to a car and in position to hold the stake.Fig. 3 isa front elevation of a pocket. Fig. 4 is a side elevation orend view of the pocket; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the stakesand of the stake eye by which it is fastened to its supporting bar.

The car 10, is the usual flat car, and it is provided near the centerand on both sides with rigid pockets 11, of the usual kind, to which thelong main stakes or posts 12 are secured, and the two stakes 12 on eachside of the car are connected near the top by a brace or cross bar 13.On the side of the car and between the ends of the stakes 12-are aplurality of my improved pockets,which are suitably spaced, and eachpocket consists of a pair of bracket plates 16 and 17, a hasp unitingthe plates, and a fastening device to secure the hasp in lockedposition. The bracket plates 16 and 17 are also angle plates, and

their inner sides, that is, the sides which fit against the car areprovided with spurs 18, adapted to be embedded in the sides of the carso as to prevent any slipping of the brackets, and so as to take thestrain from the bolts l 19, by which the brackets are fastened to thecar. The bracket plate 16, has at its outer end parallel lugs 20,arranged one above another, vvhich receive the pin 21,and the latterserves as the pintle for a knuckle 22, which is heldl between the lugs21, and is formed on one end of the hasp 23, which hasp is adapted toextend across the front side of the pocket and confine the stake.

The hasp 23 is provided with a hole or recess 24 near its free end,which is adapted to receive the lug 25 formed on the outer end of thebracket plate 17, and this lug is perforated vertically, as shown at 26,so as to receive the fastening pin 27, and the pin when inserted in theperforation, prevents the hasp from being opened. The pin 27 is held bya chain 28 to the side of the car, to prevent its loss. The free end ofthe hasp 23 is preferably turned up so as to form the handle 29.

These pockets just described are adapted to receive stakes 30, and eachstake has near the top and on its outer side a metallic socket 31, inwhich is screwed an eyebolt 32, by which the stake is fastened to thesupporting bar 33. There are two of these bars on each side of the car,and each bar extends from one of the stakes 12 to the end stake 30 onthe car. These end stakes 30 may be secured if desired, in the usualrigid pocket 11, as shown in Fig. 1.

A car when provided with the pockets and stakes constructed and arrangedas del scribed, is especially adapted for conveying cane to the mill, asthe pockets may be easily opened and a portion of the stakes slipped toone side so as to permit the ready loading or unloading of the car,while the bars 33 and eye-bolts 32 prevent the stakes from beingdetached and lost, and also prevent them from being fed to the cane millwith the cane, an accident which sometimes occurs with disastrousresults where the old style of stakes is y used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A stake pocket comprising a pair of angle brackets16, 17, the inner members of which have bolt holes for use in boltingthem to the side of a car and the outwardly projecting members of whichare parallel; a vertically apertured lug 25 being formed on the outeredge of the angle bracket 17, and a hasp 23 hinged by a vertical pintle2l to the outer edge of the bracket 16 and having an aperture 24 throughwhich lug26 projects, substantially as set forth.

2. A stake pocket consisting in the two angle brackets 16 17 havingspurs 18 on their faces next to the car and also having apertures forthe bolts 19, a lug 25 projecting from the outer vertical edge of thebracket 17 and provided with a vertical aperture 26, a hasp 23 hinged tothe outer vertical edge of the bracket 1G and having an aperture 24 toreceive the lug 25 and the locking pin 27, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the car body and the stake pockets having meansfor opening them and releasing the stakes, of a plurality of stakesstrung on a horizontal supporting rod 33 and adapted to enter thepockets, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the car, a plurality of pockets capable of beingopened, a plurality of stakes adapted to rest in the pockets, and means,as the horizontal rod and the eyes on the stakes, for supporting theupper ends of the stakes, substantially as described.

JUSTO PEREZ CAGIGAL.

